East Coast is not a paradise

Sorry guys, haven't wrote for a long time but I'm literally rushing through Australia from one adventure trip to another, from one camping or sailing trip to another so the highlights:
- Whitsunday Islands sailing trip - see the pics of Whitheaven Beach - it looks like a paradise, snorkeling in Great Beerier Reef, sleeping on the boat, whales watching, sunbathing on the deck, sunsets and watching the stairs above the Ocean - what more one could ask for?
- Fraser Island - driving 4W on the beach and camping on the beach, great idea but my team except 2 other people was booooring. I missed my team from Inka trail so much, It could have been such a good fun. good pics though.
- Noosa - canyoning trip in the lake& river and camping in the National park.
- Brisbane - with river,fashionable caffees and clubs, modern architecture and palm trees is a pretty town, reminds me of london very much. They have Southbank with modern Art galleries, theaters and performance centers and river is overlooking on the City, sky rising modern business buildings - all like a little copy of London. Don't feel like learning a new city map and new transport system again(don't fxx understand how it works here!)though. Missing lazy Sundays and long walks along Thames, afraid.

All together I have to say despite these highlights I don't like Australia. At least not the East Coast, which I was warned against to. OK. it's a beautiful country but... which one is not? I saw better beaches in Brasil. It was worth to make all teh way here to see The Great Berrier Reef, that's true. To be in an animation about Nemo and marsmaids for few minutes. But then...
They make you believe that you are in a backpackers paradise but it's not true. Probably the only reason for this opinion is that it's full of kids who for the first time are away from home and from their mummy so they feel free and they think it's a paradise. Wrong. It's as expensive as in the UK here - think how long you could travel for in the Uk with no job?- and the service is not best at all. Bcs it's expensive people stay in the hostels and drink a lot of cheap made of fish and egg wine there. not much fun... The hostels, even those with the best ratings, are full of "must" and "musn't" (what kind of freedom is that?) have bunk beds and you need to pay deposit for everything: from your room key to... cuttlery set! Australians try to be SO cool that they cross the line and become just arrogant.

Me personally, I reached the stage where I'm bored, physically tired and miss my friends and family. If i met these travellers back home i would be so excited to ask them 100 questions but now I can't be bothered to ask and answer the same questions "where yo've been so far and where you going next?" over and over again. Especially that the kids have not much idea about the world. When I met 2 sweet blondies in basketball cups who had no idea that half of Canada speaks French and "i'm from Quebec" need additional explanation "Quebec is a city in Canada", i said that's too much and I went to bed, or the sleeping bag actually as it was on a camping trip. Sorry guys but can you imagine me with 2 basketball cups?
I feel lonely as staying 1-2 nights in once place does not help to meet right people and I just don't participate in boring conversations with kids. Miss you my friends.
All together I preferred South America much more. And it's not only my opinion.
So that's pretty critical...

great barrier reef

I'm in Australia. Started from Cairns to see the world wonder which is great Barrier Reef. Just back from the trip. I've done first in my life introductory scuba diving. It was amazing! Considering that I'm panicky scared of deep water it was a big thing to me but the life down there, under water and the reef is SO SO AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL that I forgot to be scared of whatsoever. Really enjoyed. So that's 2 big first time diving in 2 weeks time. How does it sound? Great isn't?
I sat on the deck and I couldn't believe I'm here and I'm seeing what I'm seeing. And I felt SO far from everyday life in Poland or London.
I thought that east coast of Australia is just about surfing and diving and non of those I thought is my thing (at least till today:-)) so I thought that 1 month is enough for me. What's a mistake. There's plenty to do and see. I went to the travel agency as they had this great super saver deal, the whole package: 3 days Whitsunday Island sailing, 3 days Fraser Island, 3 days Noosa canoeing + kayaking among dolphins and making your own boomerang. The lady started putting everything on the paper making a calendar for me. First I got scared: what?! having everything booked and planned in advance? Where is the space for challenge and surprises? But then I said ok. This time I will just get my prepaid vouchers and bookings and calendar and then sit down and relax. And I think that was a good decision. No worries. Of course Australia is expensive comparing to the rest of countries I did or going to visit but still think got a good package.
Tonight there is a mad Monday party - bars crawling from my hostel and then I'm off to Magnetic Island. I love the name of it. Looking forward for snorkeling there.